What’s UUp 12/7/25?

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What’s UUp December 7?
 

The Nursery is open for babies and pre-k from 9:30am-12:15pm on Sundays. Please complete one registration form for each child you would like to participate in Religious Exploration in the coming year. This includes the nursery.
 

To Do Sunday: See the Announcements for Details
 

Upcoming December Services
7 Hope from History: The Power of the People – Rev. Liz Weber
14 Like a Phoenix: The 40th Anniversary of the Fire – Rev. Liz Weber and Team
21 Winter Solstice – Valerie Schwartz
24 Christmas Eve Vespers Service
28 Down for the Struggle and the Snuggle: Speaker- Clare Gervasi
  • All are Welcome. Check-in begins at 9:45. Class meets in the Church Library at 10am.
  • November 30: What Is Abolitionism? Collective Liberation 101
    Click here for a description.
Children’s RE  Classes  Contact Loren
Children begin in the sanctuary at 11:00, then have the Moment for Ages. They leave during the Song for the Children
 

The Big Blue Basket – Please donate food for the food pantry at CLCM’s affiliate food pantry next door at Calvary Episcopal Church. Items especially needed are peanut butter, pasta and sauce, canned meat/fish, soups, breakfast cereal….but all items are gratefully accepted. Let’s fill that Big Blue Basket.

Celebration of Life – 11:00am 
 
    December 7
Hope from History:
The Power of the PeopleSpeaker: Rev. Liz Weber
December’s theme for worship is “Choosing Hope.” Today, we’ll explore stories from other places and times where people in a community or nation have faced oppression and repression and come through them together.

We will be joined by the First U Choir and the Jam Band.
 

For the zoom link, Click here. The Meeting ID is 4508929882 if you can’t attend in person.  You will not need a password. Contact the volunteer desk if you have trouble getting online.

The Order of Service (Bulletin)

Gathering Music                 Ethan McCollum

Chime and Welcome         Matt Livers

Prelude     First U Band          

Lighting the Chalice and the Black Lives Matter Candle
Claudia Runge and Rev. Liz Weber

Opening Words        Rev. Liz

Hymn #95      There is More Love Somewhere        Ethan
Words and music: African American hymn

Moment for All Ages     Rev. Liz

Song for Our Children         Ethan
Go in love, our hearts go with you.
Go in joy, our hopes go too.
Learn in love and grow in wisdom.
Shine your light in all you do.

Our Mission and Covenant (unison)        Claudia
We are a church of reason and spirit,
that witnesses for progressive faith,
nurtures our community and transforms our world.

Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law.
This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace,
to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.

Joys and Sorrows          Rev. Liz

Musical Response #391    Voice Still and Small       Ethan
Words and music: John Corrado

Meditation and Common Prayer         Rev. Liz

Musical Response       Ethan

Invitation to Generosity          Rev. Liz

Offertory        Somewhere Over the Rainbow     First U Choir
Words: Yip Harburg; music: Harold Arlen

Sermon    Hope from History: The Power of the People    Rev. Liz

Hymn #161, verses 1, 3, 4       Peace! The Perfect Word    Ethan
Words: Odell Shepard; Music: from The Southern Harmony, 1835

Extinguishing the Chalice      Claudia
We extinguish these flames, but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Closing Words          Rev. Liz

Postlude            First U Band

Benediction          Rev. Liz